docs: def bin_hash160(string):
      """
      Get a hash of the provided message using the ripemd160 algorithm.
  
      Args:
          string (str): message to hash.
  
      Returns:
          str: hash as a double digit hex string.
      """
      intermed = hashlib.sha256(string).digest()
      return hashlib.new('ripemd160', intermed).hexdigest()